Mass Media - Censorship and Violence Flashcards
Which form of media is self regulating?
The newspapers/printed media, but they are regulated by the Press Complaints Commission (PCC).
What is UK TV required to be by law?
Impartial (unlike the press)
What does the law of libel stop TV from doing?
Making defamatory or damaging comments about anyone.
What does the BBC TV have to be which was established by a charter and why must they follow these?
Does commercial TV have to follow this charter?
Independent, impartial and honest at all times and they must follow them or they do not get funding from the government.
Commercial TV does not have to, but they get legal contracts issued by the government which then tie them to certain standards.
What restrains commercial media in terms of funding?
Advertisements, commercial media needs advertisements to pay for them to survive, and if they do anything that the advertisers don’t like, they lose funding.
What did Bandura, Ross and Ross study and find about media violence?
They conducted the BoBo doll experiment and found that children would copy the violent behaviours they saw on TV. This is known as ‘copycat violence’.
What did Freshbach and Singer ‘71 study In relation to media violence?
They studies 8-18 year old boys and found those who watched violent TV were less aggressive than those who didn’t.
What did Buckingham ‘93 say about people’s reaction to media violence?
That they can make their own minds up and decipher the rights and wrongs about what they see, even young children.
What did Morrison ‘99 say about people’s views of real and fake violence?
People were able to decipher serious, disturbing violence and light-hearted comedy violence.
Who coined the term ‘moral panic’ and what is it?
Cohen in ‘73
A moral panic describes how media reporting identifies something as a serious threat to society.
What did Baker ‘84 find in his study of ‘video nasties’?
That low-budget films were blamed for violent crime and media predicted an epidemic of violence in society if they were not banned.
What did Ferguson 2008 was the cause of moral panics about video games?
That generation gaps caused it and people who blame video games often haven played and making a link between violent video games and real life violence is flawed and biased.
What does organisation passes media in order for it to be released in the UK?
The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC)
Explain the difference between public and commercial media?
Public media has to independent, impartial and honest whereas commercial media does not.
Name two legal controls which both public and commercial media have to adhere to.
Watershed and issued charters by the government.
